47
47
Feb 24, 2013
02/13
by
CNN
tv
eye 47
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> then, despite some republican calls to pull the plug on chuck hagel's nomination for defense chief, and a slow walk of the nomination of john brennan as cia director, the president stands by his men. he will probably get what he wants. weighing the odds with senator john mccain. >>> and guns and immigration. before bills governing either become law, they first go through the judiciary committees. a conversation with senator judiciary chairman, patrick leahy, about the art of the doable on two of the most contentious issues of our time. >>> plus, five days from the next fiscal cliffhanger on forced spending cuts. >> these cuts don't have to happen. congress can turn them off any time with just a little compromise. >> deal or more hyperbole? we will ask our political package, former governor haley barbour, jackie calmes, of the "new york times." i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> with five days to go until automatic spending cuts kick in, the obama administration is ratcheting up warnings about aircraft carriers that can't make it to the persian gulf and commerc
. >>> then, despite some republican calls to pull the plug on chuck hagel's nomination for defense chief, and a slow walk of the nomination of john brennan as cia director, the president stands by his men. he will probably get what he wants. weighing the odds with senator john mccain. >>> and guns and immigration. before bills governing either become law, they first go through the judiciary committees. a conversation with senator judiciary chairman, patrick leahy, about the...
136
136
Feb 10, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 136
favorite 0
quote 0
director ship, hagel to be confirmed to secretary of defense secretary of defense. did the president ever pick up the phone and call anyone to help these folks? >> what does this mean? joining us, a former media spokesperson for president george w. bush and joe mansion a democrat. mercedes and chris, welcome. mercedes, let me start with you. what does this mean if the senator is saying we're going to hold up these critical nominations until we find out about the president's activity that night? >> we've been waiting for months from the white house to figure out what happened in ban gaza. when you look at what susan rice mentioned on benghazi with her talking points, that basically saying that this was due to a protest. we know that wasn't the case. we've had so much misinformation coming out from the white house and from the administration, and when you look back at panetta's last week in the hearing when he said he called the president at 5:00 and didn't touch base with him again. it's a fallout from the president being too focused on the election, not taking care
director ship, hagel to be confirmed to secretary of defense secretary of defense. did the president ever pick up the phone and call anyone to help these folks? >> what does this mean? joining us, a former media spokesperson for president george w. bush and joe mansion a democrat. mercedes and chris, welcome. mercedes, let me start with you. what does this mean if the senator is saying we're going to hold up these critical nominations until we find out about the president's activity that...
49
49
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 49
favorite 0
quote 0
>> the republican opposition to senator hagel is pretty strong. and they have made demands for additional financial information. interestingly enough, just a few hours ago, senator levin the chairman of the committee sent a letter to the republicans saying what they're asking for is beyond the scope and he's indicated that he's going to press ahead with a vote next week. i understand it will probably come perhaps as early as tuesday. >> so given that information you've just provided us, levin says this is beyond the scope and what rachel and others have pointed out so here we are, brennan's hearing yesterday, his senate hearing went well. handled some of the tough questions and seems that both of them will be confirmed eventually. but here we are with chuck hagel and still the hold around this process. what is likely to happen next? are we going to see another rare question pop up directed at hagel? >> well, the one thing that you don't want to do with presidential nominee is let it hang out there for several days. but i think the committee will p
>> the republican opposition to senator hagel is pretty strong. and they have made demands for additional financial information. interestingly enough, just a few hours ago, senator levin the chairman of the committee sent a letter to the republicans saying what they're asking for is beyond the scope and he's indicated that he's going to press ahead with a vote next week. i understand it will probably come perhaps as early as tuesday. >> so given that information you've just provided...
151
151
Feb 18, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 151
favorite 0
quote 0
consulate in libya have also become part of the debate over chuck hagel. and steve scentanni is live with us. >> some republicans are questioning the qualifications of chuck hagel at the pentagon, but probably be confirmed anyway, now, hagel was widely criticized during his performance during the confirmation hearing and they delayed the vote so they'd have more time to ask the questions about the nominee, they say there should be be no hurry. and it's an important position. and here is senator lindsey graham on fox news sunday. >> i think we're doing our job to scrutinize, i think, one of the most unqualified, radical choices for secretary of defense in a very long time. >> meantime, senator john mccain says that hagel is not qualified, but he thinks it's time to go ahead with a vote since enough time has gone by to ask questions and now shall the white house is worried because two important nominations are going so slowly not only hagel, but john brennan to head the cia. >> between john brennan, the cia director and chuck hagel secretary of defense, we w
consulate in libya have also become part of the debate over chuck hagel. and steve scentanni is live with us. >> some republicans are questioning the qualifications of chuck hagel at the pentagon, but probably be confirmed anyway, now, hagel was widely criticized during his performance during the confirmation hearing and they delayed the vote so they'd have more time to ask the questions about the nominee, they say there should be be no hurry. and it's an important position. and here is...
54
54
Feb 24, 2013
02/13
by
CNN
tv
eye 54
favorite 0
quote 0
that doesn't mean we shouldn't give chuck hagel an up or down vote. and i think we should. >> as far as you know, is there anything standing between chuck hagel and that vote? a hold? anybody willing to do that? you think this will happen? >> i think it will happen, barring some additional revelation concerning his comments about israel and all those other really unfortunate things he said in the past. >> let me ask you about john brennan, nominated to be cia director. you wanted certain information about benghazi. how far are you willing to go to delay the brennan vote in order to get the information you want? >> i think it depends on his answers, to start with. second of all, we still don't know who was rescued from the consulate in benghazi. we still don't know who made out the trackialking points. mr. brennan said he was opposed to waterboarding and torture but at the same time he has said it has saved lives. i would like to know what lives were saved because the information i have is it saved no one's life. in fact, it was a lot of misinformation
that doesn't mean we shouldn't give chuck hagel an up or down vote. and i think we should. >> as far as you know, is there anything standing between chuck hagel and that vote? a hold? anybody willing to do that? you think this will happen? >> i think it will happen, barring some additional revelation concerning his comments about israel and all those other really unfortunate things he said in the past. >> let me ask you about john brennan, nominated to be cia director. you...
146
146
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
KPIX
tv
eye 146
favorite 0
quote 0
the committee wants more information about hagel's finances. >>> and news that the postal service is cutting back mail delivery to five days a week is not sitting well in rural areas of the country or with letter kwar carriers but the postmaster general says it's a choice the service had to make. oopz danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: no more mail on saturdays. to save money, the u.s. postal service is ending saturday first-class mail delivery beginning in august. many customers saw this day coming. >> i think it's probably long overdue because they've been having so many budget issues. >> i also have been doing everything online for a really long time, so i don't think it's necessarily going to impact my world. >> reporter: over the past six years the postal service lost $41 billion despite laying off 35% of its work force. >> it would be irresponsible for the postal service not to pursue this course. we are in a situation where we are obligated to make some tough choices and decisions. >> local post offices with saturday hours will still be open, and mail carriers will cont
the committee wants more information about hagel's finances. >>> and news that the postal service is cutting back mail delivery to five days a week is not sitting well in rural areas of the country or with letter kwar carriers but the postmaster general says it's a choice the service had to make. oopz danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: no more mail on saturdays. to save money, the u.s. postal service is ending saturday first-class mail delivery beginning in august. many...
132
132
Feb 17, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 132
favorite 0
quote 0
hagel has the votes. senator graham is raising questions about his support of israel. >> allegedly senator hagel said that the united states state department was an adjunct of the israeli foreign minister's office which would be breath taking to have such a view. >> the former senator denied making that statement and senator graham said he will take hagel at his word unless new information emerges. >> senator john mccain says the senate should go ahead and confirm hagel because there has been enough time for questions. >> the republicans have been spending a lot of political capital on this. what is the white house saying about the nominations being delayed? >> they don't like it. they know hagel probably will be confirmed. the president said last week that much of the questioning about the attack on the consulate in benghazi was politically motivated and congress is running out of questions to ask. democrats say plenty of information has been released already. >> what is happening is very unusual unprece
hagel has the votes. senator graham is raising questions about his support of israel. >> allegedly senator hagel said that the united states state department was an adjunct of the israeli foreign minister's office which would be breath taking to have such a view. >> the former senator denied making that statement and senator graham said he will take hagel at his word unless new information emerges. >> senator john mccain says the senate should go ahead and confirm hagel...
WHUT (Howard University Television)
55
55
Feb 14, 2013
02/13
by
WHUT
tv
eye 55
favorite 0
quote 0
with respect to chuck hagel and brennan, defense and c.i.a. just in the last week, their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor and that's not my judgment, that's the judgment of senators on both sides of the aisle. >> if you were in the senate would you vote against confirmation of chuck hagel? >> i would. >> rose: there are those who argue that this is personal with respect to chuck hagel because he said what he said with respect to the surge. is it for you personal? >> no, it's not personal for me. i presided or participated in the senate policy, republican policy for eight years. every tuesday when i was in town and i can't recall ever seeing chuck in one of those lunches. he wasn't sort of a very active participant as best i can tell from my perspective. i do believe that there are people that are far better qualified than he is to be -- >> rose: doesn't have the president some choice in determining who he ought to -- who he believes is the best qualified, who reflects his point of view and -
with respect to chuck hagel and brennan, defense and c.i.a. just in the last week, their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor and that's not my judgment, that's the judgment of senators on both sides of the aisle. >> if you were in the senate would you vote against confirmation of chuck hagel? >> i would. >> rose: there are those who argue that this is personal with respect to chuck hagel because he said what he said with...
57
57
Feb 10, 2013
02/13
by
CNN
tv
eye 57
favorite 0
quote 0
hagel for defense and brennan for the cia. will you vote against any of those men? >> i'm most concerned about brennan. i will demand answers this week. senator widen asked can they do drone strikes in the united states? and brennan went on talking about optimizing transparency and never answered the question. until i get an answer can a drone strike kill an american in america. can you kill an american in america with only the president's word? i will demand an answer to that question. and it's very unseemly that a politician gets to decide the death of an american citizen. they should answer about the 16-year-old boy, alawaki's son that was killed in a separate strike. if you go overseas, take up arms, i'm probably for executing you, i want to hear the evidence, have a judge and jury. it can be fairly swift, but there needs to be a trial for treason, the president, a politician, republican or democrat, should never get to decide someone's death flipping through flash cards, do you want to kill him? i don't know. let's go ahead and kill him. >> a question for john
hagel for defense and brennan for the cia. will you vote against any of those men? >> i'm most concerned about brennan. i will demand answers this week. senator widen asked can they do drone strikes in the united states? and brennan went on talking about optimizing transparency and never answered the question. until i get an answer can a drone strike kill an american in america. can you kill an american in america with only the president's word? i will demand an answer to that question....
94
94
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 94
favorite 0
quote 0
plus, the latest obstacles to chuck hagel's confirmation. please share your weather pictures with us, if it's safe, tweet us at mitchellreport or on facebook.com/mitchell reports. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it could save you thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call now to request your free decision guide. i've been with my doctor for 12 years. now i know i'll be able to stick with him. you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and you never need a referral. see why millions of people have already enrolled in the only medicare s
plus, the latest obstacles to chuck hagel's confirmation. please share your weather pictures with us, if it's safe, tweet us at mitchellreport or on facebook.com/mitchell reports. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to...
37
37
Feb 12, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 37
favorite 0
quote 0
>> well -- >> why is he putting a hold on hagel? >> he's not going to put a hold on hagel. that's just -- he's just grabbing his ankles on the way out the door. hagel is going to be confirmed. it's a done deal. john mccain has blessed it. john mccain said he gave the committee enough -- said hagel gave the committee enough information, i'm not going to hold him up on benghazi. i think lindsey graham is there to be the last annoying guy to make sure that hagel keeps whatever promises he made behind the scenes -- >> howard, does this -- >> to carl levin and -- >> the cisco kid may have handed the okay, but poncho is still fighting the war. thank you, howard and joan. >>> michele bachmann and the latest conspiracy theory from the far right. we bring it to you for sheer entertainment. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball." now to the "sideshow." move over, michele bachmann. remember her witch hunt against hillary clinton's close aide? bachmann back then accused her of helping members of the muslim brotherhood infiltrate the u.s. government. enter fo
>> well -- >> why is he putting a hold on hagel? >> he's not going to put a hold on hagel. that's just -- he's just grabbing his ankles on the way out the door. hagel is going to be confirmed. it's a done deal. john mccain has blessed it. john mccain said he gave the committee enough -- said hagel gave the committee enough information, i'm not going to hold him up on benghazi. i think lindsey graham is there to be the last annoying guy to make sure that hagel keeps whatever...
96
96
Feb 5, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 96
favorite 0
quote 0
it was this really ham handed fake effort to look like liberals were opposing chuck hagel, but nobody believed them and they stayed anonymous and never came out of the closet and said who they were. so no opposition on the democratic side of the aisle. no opposition on the left, except for the fake thing. and that means that the republicans would have to do something historically unprecedentsed and truly radical if they are going to stop chuck hagel's nomination. filibusters a cabinet nominee? unprecedented in modern times. now, they might try it. but it will be a huge deal if they did. a huge enough deal that it might even finally prompt the democrats to change the filibuster rules. so it's not likely. now, if you are looking for a high profile national security obama second term nominee who really might have some interesting opposition, who really might have some opposition from the democratic side, if not even from the left, it's not chuck hagel. obviously, it's not john kerry. the guy you are looking for is the one who is up this week. on thursday of this week, president obama's n
it was this really ham handed fake effort to look like liberals were opposing chuck hagel, but nobody believed them and they stayed anonymous and never came out of the closet and said who they were. so no opposition on the democratic side of the aisle. no opposition on the left, except for the fake thing. and that means that the republicans would have to do something historically unprecedentsed and truly radical if they are going to stop chuck hagel's nomination. filibusters a cabinet nominee?...
110
110
tv
eye 110
favorite 0
quote 0
hagel, jack lew. mary jo white is smart but is the right person, a prosecutor to run a regulatory agency? probably not. >> great story, great scoop. charlie gasparino breaking the story. thanks so much. >>> coming up on "money", who needs the math? eric cantor make as warm fuzzy sign to win over the gop will this win over voters? former reagan economic advisor art lfer joins us. "piles o money" coming up. ♪ this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur >> we'll advance proposals aimed at producing results in areas like education, health care, innovation and job growth. our solutions will be based on the conservative principles of self-reliance, faith in the individual, trust in family, and accountability in government. melissa: hmmm. that was ho
hagel, jack lew. mary jo white is smart but is the right person, a prosecutor to run a regulatory agency? probably not. >> great story, great scoop. charlie gasparino breaking the story. thanks so much. >>> coming up on "money", who needs the math? eric cantor make as warm fuzzy sign to win over the gop will this win over voters? former reagan economic advisor art lfer joins us. "piles o money" coming up. ♪ this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn...
141
141
Feb 12, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 141
favorite 0
quote 0
so they are still confident that chuck hagel's nomination will be confirmed. you have mitch mcconnell coming out suggesting he might try to slow walk this process. majority leader harry reid saying he's not going to let that happen. again, the white house at this hour, martin, still confident that hagel will be confirmed. >> and this in the context of what happened last night. what are your sources telling you about the likelihood of the president referencing north korea and its nuclear weapons test in his speech tonight? >> reporter: well, martin, my sources are telling me it is very likely that he is going to reference what happened in north korea overnight. remember, the white house put out a statement overnight condemning the action saying that it was a highly provocative action. i can also tell you that president obama spoke to the president of south korea today. they shared their concerns about this third nuclear launch, what is perceived to be really the most aggressive nuclear test that north korea has conducted to date. the u.n. security council con s
so they are still confident that chuck hagel's nomination will be confirmed. you have mitch mcconnell coming out suggesting he might try to slow walk this process. majority leader harry reid saying he's not going to let that happen. again, the white house at this hour, martin, still confident that hagel will be confirmed. >> and this in the context of what happened last night. what are your sources telling you about the likelihood of the president referencing north korea and its nuclear...
82
82
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 82
favorite 0
quote 0
chuck hagel conference has been delayed. hagel has not spoken to the president since his contentious confirmation hearings. he still meeting with senators to shore up the votes. >>> senator mork yoe rubio of florida will be delivering the gop response to president obama's state of the union address. rubio will speak first in english and he'll also prerecord a version in spanish for the spanish language network. >>> scott brown declined to say if he would run for governor of massachusetts next year. he hinted about a political future telling politicalo, i'm no dead. >>> there will be a new senator sworn in today for massachusetts, cowan will fill the john kerry seat until a special election in june. >>> on tuesday, maryland's two senators will get the spoils of victory for the baltimore ravens beating the san francisco 49ers. california senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein will deliver crabs, napa valley wine, sow dough bread and cheese to the winners. >>> thomas massy of kentucky is sponsoring a new bill that will leg
chuck hagel conference has been delayed. hagel has not spoken to the president since his contentious confirmation hearings. he still meeting with senators to shore up the votes. >>> senator mork yoe rubio of florida will be delivering the gop response to president obama's state of the union address. rubio will speak first in english and he'll also prerecord a version in spanish for the spanish language network. >>> scott brown declined to say if he would run for governor of...
97
97
Feb 10, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 97
favorite 0
quote 0
we saw this in the hagel hearings. half the democrats know at least that the chuck hagel has no business being defense secretary but no one will speak up. everyone is putting party ahead of country and we are seeing it on foreign policy. the press took a dive and covered this up. we find out today that there is more stuff about whether or not there were agents in benghazi. hagel said israel was the problem, not iran and the middle east. >>gregg: let me put up a comment by former head of the c.e.o. bin laden unit about john brennan. he is a patchwork of deceit and suck upping to his superiors, and not a word that i could put in. we understand what he is saying there. doug, how do you handicap brennan and hagel? >> i think brennan will probably be confirmed and i believe, given what lindsay graham said today and what senator inhofe has said about hagel, there is a greater chance of a hold being put on the nomination or a filibuster. there has to be some accounting for the uncertainty of brennan and the incompetence of ha
we saw this in the hagel hearings. half the democrats know at least that the chuck hagel has no business being defense secretary but no one will speak up. everyone is putting party ahead of country and we are seeing it on foreign policy. the press took a dive and covered this up. we find out today that there is more stuff about whether or not there were agents in benghazi. hagel said israel was the problem, not iran and the middle east. >>gregg: let me put up a comment by former head of...
201
201
Feb 15, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 201
favorite 0
quote 0
working to defeat the nomination of hagel. some are working overtime to conceal mowsist. efforts to stoke liberal opposition those who supported romney may well be funding the log cabin republicans to run ads criticizing senator hagel for comments. >> obama should withdraw the nominations and nominate claire danes from homeland. stephanie: good idea. >> why are they giving money to log cabin republicans? does anybody pay attention to them? >> comedians. stephanie: you know who else is behind it? sheldon. >> mitt romney redistributed my wealth! stephanie: he is contacting republican senators directly asking them to oppose the nomination. he opposes him why? because he doesn't want to blow iran up. >> also, he was right about iraq. >> never mind that chuck hagel voted for sending over $80 million in aid to israel. oh oh, that. stephanie: oh, that. >> at those anti semites will do. stephanie: we haven't heard from john and pam and guess where they're going? ♪ ♪ stephanie: good morning john and pam show. >> good morning everyb
working to defeat the nomination of hagel. some are working overtime to conceal mowsist. efforts to stoke liberal opposition those who supported romney may well be funding the log cabin republicans to run ads criticizing senator hagel for comments. >> obama should withdraw the nominations and nominate claire danes from homeland. stephanie: good idea. >> why are they giving money to log cabin republicans? does anybody pay attention to them? >> comedians. stephanie: you know who...
700
700
Feb 6, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 700
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> jennifer: let me get your take on hagel's confirmation. apparently it has been postponed, the vote on it because they haven't finished doing the background check -- >> yeah, whenever you are postponing a vote, and levin is friendly here, if he doesn't want to count the votes, he doesn't want to have the vote. that's not good. there's a lot -- they are asking for different financial disclosures. we looked into hagel's service on the board of chevron. he made $300,000 there in 2011. they are a major government contractor. there are all kinds of financial considerations going on here. >> jennifer: and he would have to cut that. >> right. or put it in a blind trust. >> jennifer: very interesting. joe always you come with nuggets for us -- >> and i got to say fart on national television. my mother is very proud of me. >> jennifer: you got to state twice. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: up next the best of the rest, stick around. running out of aerosols can get pretty frustrating. try the air wick freshmatic. it automatically fills the air wit
. >> jennifer: let me get your take on hagel's confirmation. apparently it has been postponed, the vote on it because they haven't finished doing the background check -- >> yeah, whenever you are postponing a vote, and levin is friendly here, if he doesn't want to count the votes, he doesn't want to have the vote. that's not good. there's a lot -- they are asking for different financial disclosures. we looked into hagel's service on the board of chevron. he made $300,000 there in...
48
48
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 48
favorite 0
quote 0
hagel. he released a letter today that said mr. hagel's nomination will move forward next week. hopefully be voted out of committee. that's what democrats feel. and they held the numbers there, 14-12, so they believe it will go forward. but, i mean, the letter speaks for itself. levin claiming that he's never seen these types of questions asked for democrats or republicans through the armed services committee over the last 26 years. >> pretty typical though for republicans of late. now to john brennan. what's been the reaction from the white house after his confirmation hearing? because we know that there was some concern about the way chuck hagel performed. how does the white house feel about how things went with mr. brennan? >> reporter: well, talking to folks, the democrats here in d.c., there is a lot of confidence in brennan's performance because it's the complete opposite of hagel. they felt brennan looked self-assured. he gave a spirited defense to the administration's policies and most importantly he was also humble. he said there should be more information put forward i
hagel. he released a letter today that said mr. hagel's nomination will move forward next week. hopefully be voted out of committee. that's what democrats feel. and they held the numbers there, 14-12, so they believe it will go forward. but, i mean, the letter speaks for itself. levin claiming that he's never seen these types of questions asked for democrats or republicans through the armed services committee over the last 26 years. >> pretty typical though for republicans of late. now to...
112
112
Feb 5, 2013
02/13
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
hagel. mr. hagel is a man of integrity. i -- the question from one of the senators about, do you think the surge worked, and senator hagel was such he didn't want to give him a direct answer. i would have said no, it didn't work. 1,200 americans killed. i don't know how many iraqis. look at the country today. it is totally falling apart. that was a question towards senator hagel. . the iraq war was very unnecessary. it was manufactured by the previous administration, and there was a marine general, greg newbold, who actually wrote an article in "time" after the war started and one of the points he made that i'm going to share with you, mr. speaker, is some of the missteps included the distortion of intelligence in the buildup to the war. the distortion of intelligence in the buildup to the war. in the history of washington, if ever our government needed integrity, it's now. chuck hagel is a man of integrity. no one can question his integrity. i have had the privilege of knowing senator hagel since 2005 when i came out again
hagel. mr. hagel is a man of integrity. i -- the question from one of the senators about, do you think the surge worked, and senator hagel was such he didn't want to give him a direct answer. i would have said no, it didn't work. 1,200 americans killed. i don't know how many iraqis. look at the country today. it is totally falling apart. that was a question towards senator hagel. . the iraq war was very unnecessary. it was manufactured by the previous administration, and there was a marine...
243
243
Feb 14, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 243
favorite 0
quote 0
here is lindsey graham as to why republicans are not sold on hagel. >> the debate on chuck hagel is not over. it has not been serious, we don't have the information we need and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through until we get answers about what the president did personally when it came to the benghazi debacle. democrats had no problem doing that with bush and quite frankly they did the country a service by probing into failure. bill: what is going to happen now, bret baier is anchor of special ror. how d special report? how are you doing. >> reporter: good morning, bill. bill: harry reid is talking about this potentially on the floor of the senate. if there is news we'll bring it to our viewers. graham says the debate is not over, it has not been serious. what gives? >> reporter: a couple of things, one is confirmation hearings matter. this was not a good showing for chuck hagel in this confirmation hearing and despite the fact that you have other controversial cabinet nominees who have potentially bumpy confirmation hearings hagel's did not go well, and even folks
here is lindsey graham as to why republicans are not sold on hagel. >> the debate on chuck hagel is not over. it has not been serious, we don't have the information we need and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through until we get answers about what the president did personally when it came to the benghazi debacle. democrats had no problem doing that with bush and quite frankly they did the country a service by probing into failure. bill: what is going to happen now, bret...
143
143
Feb 12, 2013
02/13
by
WUSA
tv
eye 143
favorite 0
quote 0
the president's controversial nomination of republican chuck hagel to be secretary of defense is moving ahead. the senate arms services committee voted 14-11 today to send it to the full senate and a vote there is expected by thursday. we'll have the latest on a chicago murder that got the attention of the white house. we'll show you where the pope will live in retirement. and it is misery at sea aboard a stranded cruise ship when the "cbs evening news" continues. from washington. the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in adults and children one year and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing. have serious health conditions, or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior, stop taking tami
the president's controversial nomination of republican chuck hagel to be secretary of defense is moving ahead. the senate arms services committee voted 14-11 today to send it to the full senate and a vote there is expected by thursday. we'll have the latest on a chicago murder that got the attention of the white house. we'll show you where the pope will live in retirement. and it is misery at sea aboard a stranded cruise ship when the "cbs evening news" continues. from washington. the...
467
467
Feb 21, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 467
favorite 0
quote 0
plus new concerns for chuck hagel and john brennan. first, milks planner. vice president biden doing a gun event in danbury, connecticut today. and then house democrats are doing a not in session sequestration hearing. it's basically a political event. you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. one. two. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ] 3% on gas. no hoops to jump through. i earn more cash back on the things i buy the most. [ woman ] it's as easy as... one! -two. -[ all ] three! [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. i can't believe your mom let you take her car out.ck! this is awesome! whoooo! you're crazy. go faster! go faster! go faster! go faster! no! stop...stop... (mom) i raised my son to be careful... hi, sweetie. hi, mom. (mom) but just to be safe... i got a subaru. (an
plus new concerns for chuck hagel and john brennan. first, milks planner. vice president biden doing a gun event in danbury, connecticut today. and then house democrats are doing a not in session sequestration hearing. it's basically a political event. you're watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. one. two. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ]...
194
194
Feb 5, 2013
02/13
by
CNNW
tv
eye 194
favorite 0
quote 0
potentially vote against hagel's nomination. the question at this point is whether or not hagel would be blocked altogether, whether or not they could get to that point. mccain has said he would not participate in that kind of filibuster. >> maybe we can forget about a filibuster. dan i dana doing excellent reporting. >>> a controversial lawsuit over the government's financial crisis. the investor that cost americans billions and billions of dollars. so...how'd it go? well, dad, i spent my childhood living with monks learning the art of dealmaking. you've mastered monkey-style kung fu? no. priceline is different now. you don't even have to bid. master hahn taught you all that? oh, and he says to say (translated from cantonese) "you still owe him five bucks." your accent needs a little work. >>> it's the giant credit rating agencies, standard & poor's, and they're now in the news. the credit rating agency has had some problems lately, but the u.s. government now says it should pay, pay for its part in the financial crisis of 2008
potentially vote against hagel's nomination. the question at this point is whether or not hagel would be blocked altogether, whether or not they could get to that point. mccain has said he would not participate in that kind of filibuster. >> maybe we can forget about a filibuster. dan i dana doing excellent reporting. >>> a controversial lawsuit over the government's financial crisis. the investor that cost americans billions and billions of dollars. so...how'd it go? well, dad,...
73
73
Feb 14, 2013
02/13
by
CNN
tv
eye 73
favorite 0
quote 0
is this about chuck hagel? is this about benghazi? and as this source pointed out, look, they wanted hillary clinton to testify on benghazi, they got her. they wanted the timeline supplied to them about what the president knew, who he speak to and when, they said they've now gotten that. so they believe and another source described it to me this way, they believe that they just want to be vindictive, that this is now about president obama and that in the end if they continue this, they will look petty, as one source put it. >> and i just want to be precise, dana bash, this vote is still continuing. we don't know if the vote has failed or succeeded or what's going on. but we assume that there aren't -- what you're hearing is that there aren't probably five republicans who will join 55 democrats in breaking this filibuster? >> reporter: that's right. going in, the democrats did not think that they had the 60 votes and we could only potentially find three republicans who were going to agree to stop this filibuster but we probably will se
is this about chuck hagel? is this about benghazi? and as this source pointed out, look, they wanted hillary clinton to testify on benghazi, they got her. they wanted the timeline supplied to them about what the president knew, who he speak to and when, they said they've now gotten that. so they believe and another source described it to me this way, they believe that they just want to be vindictive, that this is now about president obama and that in the end if they continue this, they will...
74
74
Feb 10, 2013
02/13
by
CNN
tv
eye 74
favorite 0
quote 0
hagel has been really struggling, so -- >> thanks. we'll check back in with you later. thank you so much, senator rand paul from kentucky, we'll look for you tuesday night. >>> our next guest is one of two independents in the senate, he has been called a bridge builder and a problem solver. he has questioned both john brennan and chuck hagel during their confirmation hearings. not bad for an office who's only been in office 38 days. an gus king of maine is up next. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbrella. fall in love with progressive's claims service. with the bing it on challenge to show google users what they've been missing on bing. let's bing it on. [fight bell: ding, ding] how many here are google users? what if i was to tell you that you would actually like bing way more than google when it came to the results? prove it. let's look up some taco places. i like the left side. y
hagel has been really struggling, so -- >> thanks. we'll check back in with you later. thank you so much, senator rand paul from kentucky, we'll look for you tuesday night. >>> our next guest is one of two independents in the senate, he has been called a bridge builder and a problem solver. he has questioned both john brennan and chuck hagel during their confirmation hearings. not bad for an office who's only been in office 38 days. an gus king of maine is up next. i feel so...
32
32
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 32
favorite 0
quote 0
i think hagel, given his inconsistencies came away unscarred. i think it's also interesting, most folks may not know this, the suggestion made yesterday by dianne feinstein of having another court look at this stuff, well, she made that suggestion that at the very moment a particular federal judge, who i happen to know is sitting in the federal building not too far away, is sitting on the court of 11 judges, they make decisions on warrants and possibly alleged domestic terrorists, a rotating panel of 11 judges. it's done very secretly. can't talk about what you've been doing. there's no reason that we can't do that with this sort of stuff. >> forgive me for misidentifying you. you're one of our contributors as well. it's a friday and a bliss ard is coming. i've got a lot on my mind. >> get the shovels out. >> that's right. let's talk about the questioning that we got yesterday and the tone of t it. i want to start with what senator burr said when he got to question john brennan. >> i'm going to be brief because i notice you're on your fourth gla
i think hagel, given his inconsistencies came away unscarred. i think it's also interesting, most folks may not know this, the suggestion made yesterday by dianne feinstein of having another court look at this stuff, well, she made that suggestion that at the very moment a particular federal judge, who i happen to know is sitting in the federal building not too far away, is sitting on the court of 11 judges, they make decisions on warrants and possibly alleged domestic terrorists, a rotating...
99
99
Feb 17, 2013
02/13
by
WUSA
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
., and chuck hagel at the defense department, they tell us there were 70 e-mails that went back and forth if during that week on what susan rice should say on this broadcast and the other talk shows the following sunday, and somewhere along the way, the idea that this was the act of terrorists, was taken out. why don't you, number one, give the senators those e-mails and let them find up on the what they say they want to find out about this? and who in fact did take the connection to al qaeda and the terrorists will out of those talking points? >> well, i think there's-- there is an ongoing effort between the administration and the intelligence community to resolve exactly what they need to get. in addition to everything else we've already done, bob, 20 hearings or briefings with members of congress, 10,000 pages of documents that we provided. and so we'll resolve whatever it is on this question-- >> schieffer: you'll give them the e-mails? >> we'll resolve it. i don't know how it will get resolved. in fact i think we're wol our way to reville it. here's what i don't want to do. don't wan
., and chuck hagel at the defense department, they tell us there were 70 e-mails that went back and forth if during that week on what susan rice should say on this broadcast and the other talk shows the following sunday, and somewhere along the way, the idea that this was the act of terrorists, was taken out. why don't you, number one, give the senators those e-mails and let them find up on the what they say they want to find out about this? and who in fact did take the connection to al qaeda...
217
217
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
WBAL
tv
eye 217
favorite 0
quote 1
he will be replaced by chuck hagel if replaced by the senate. >>> and michelle obama plans to travel to chicago to attend the funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. a band student and honor opportunity who participated in the inauguration festivities. hadiya was the victim of gun violence last week. fatally shot about a mile from the obama home. >>> wall street is bracing for a blizzard. keep an eye on linkedin today. the professional social media network shot up 10%. thanks to earnings that dealer doubled. >>> boeing stocks go higher. federal investigators have given the green light to testing of the dreamliner. >>> we'll see how apple fared day after. david iron horn called the company out for the bailout of cash. apple said it's consider the proposal of shares. they could build a stack of dollar bills. 9,000 miles high. they could foot the country's education bill for two years. they could give every apple employee a $1.7 million bonus. or better yet, give every american a check for $437. >>> back to the real world where hewlett-packard is following in apple's footsteps and pos
he will be replaced by chuck hagel if replaced by the senate. >>> and michelle obama plans to travel to chicago to attend the funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. a band student and honor opportunity who participated in the inauguration festivities. hadiya was the victim of gun violence last week. fatally shot about a mile from the obama home. >>> wall street is bracing for a blizzard. keep an eye on linkedin today. the professional social media network shot up 10%....
94
94
Feb 13, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 94
favorite 0
quote 0
clo sure vote on chuck hagel is set for friday in the senate. he is facing potential filibuster on floor by republicans anxious to block that nomination. friday is a day that is supposedly lost and then found appearance of one of the public appearances could be released. remarks in question were made to the arab american antidiscrimination committee. not part of hagel's disclosure information he shared with senators. today, pope benedict made his first appearance since news broke of his resignation. he told thousands of faithful on this, ash wednesday, the first day of lent he is stepping side for good of the church. he received a standing ovation. we will get reaction to the "state of the union" and look at what is realistic. fox all-stars join me when we come back. how do you keep an olr car running like new? you ask a ford customer. when they tell you that you need your oil changed you got to bring it in. if your tires need to be rotated, you have to get that done as well. jackie, tell me why somebody should bring they're car here to the ford
clo sure vote on chuck hagel is set for friday in the senate. he is facing potential filibuster on floor by republicans anxious to block that nomination. friday is a day that is supposedly lost and then found appearance of one of the public appearances could be released. remarks in question were made to the arab american antidiscrimination committee. not part of hagel's disclosure information he shared with senators. today, pope benedict made his first appearance since news broke of his...
173
173
Feb 17, 2013
02/13
by
KPIX
tv
eye 173
favorite 0
quote 0
is chuck hagel going to be confirmed as secretary of state? and also john brennan is still hanging out there. >> if he is, i think he will be very weakened secretary of defense. he has not given a good performance so far. my concern is the obama administration has gone from people like bob gates and jim jones, to basically pals of the president, cronies from senate, people who have never really run anything. i'm not so much worried about the policies as i am by the people. >> i guess that tom is right he will be confirmed. this has been become an extremely partisan debate, unusual for secretary of defense. he will be significantly weakened especially in what he's going to need to do. you have a real battle shaping up now for who-- how the pie is divided in terms of military spending, and congress will play a big role, and his ability to work with congress, sadly after this confirmation process is reduced. >> schieffer: margaret, are we ever going to get the answer to what the president knew that night that those four americans lost their lives
is chuck hagel going to be confirmed as secretary of state? and also john brennan is still hanging out there. >> if he is, i think he will be very weakened secretary of defense. he has not given a good performance so far. my concern is the obama administration has gone from people like bob gates and jim jones, to basically pals of the president, cronies from senate, people who have never really run anything. i'm not so much worried about the policies as i am by the people. >> i...
58
58
tv
eye 58
favorite 0
quote 0
hagel, jack lew. mary jo white is smart but is the right person, a prosecutor to run a regulatory agency? probably not. >> great story, great scoop. charlie gasparino breaking the story. thanks so much. >>> coming up on "money", who needs the math? eric cantor make as warm fuzzy sign to win over the gop will this win over voters? former reagan economic advisor art laffer joins us. "piles of money" coming up. ♪ my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. otherworldly things. but there are some this i've never seen before. this ge jet engine can understand 5,000 data
hagel, jack lew. mary jo white is smart but is the right person, a prosecutor to run a regulatory agency? probably not. >> great story, great scoop. charlie gasparino breaking the story. thanks so much. >>> coming up on "money", who needs the math? eric cantor make as warm fuzzy sign to win over the gop will this win over voters? former reagan economic advisor art laffer joins us. "piles of money" coming up. ♪ my mother made the best toffee in the world....
121
121
Feb 10, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWSW
tv
eye 121
favorite 0
quote 0
there there are so many other reasons to hold up chuck hagel not so much so on brennan. but he has every right to do that and he is looking for more information. he has not gotten it yet and i knee because i'm the ranking member on the republican side on armed services. and we have made several requests. haven't come back and i think as a member of the committee that lindsay has every right to do that. >> as we heard during leon panetta's physica testimony toe committee he had one conversation with the president and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey that lasted a half hour during the attack and that was the only time that the president checked in with him and high temperature chairman of the joint chiefs on a personal level. are you concerned about what his level of involvement was during the whole debacle? >> i'm concerned about his level of concern on the thing. if you look at all of the things that happened in april, may, june, july, those are things that caused the red cross to cut and get out of there. the brits did the same thing. i know chri
there there are so many other reasons to hold up chuck hagel not so much so on brennan. but he has every right to do that and he is looking for more information. he has not gotten it yet and i knee because i'm the ranking member on the republican side on armed services. and we have made several requests. haven't come back and i think as a member of the committee that lindsay has every right to do that. >> as we heard during leon panetta's physica testimony toe committee he had one...
115
115
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 115
favorite 0
quote 0
by the way, when is the senate going to vote on chuck hagel's nomination. delay is rarely a good thing. biden rallies house democrats and we will talk to one member who is part of that bunch leading the charge. 48 hours after joking about his weight with letterman, chris christie gets serious and tough when asked about what a former white house doctor had to say about him. there is something going on that has a lot to do with 2016. it's thursday, february seventh, 2013. it's t"the daily rundown." let's get to the first reads of the morning. you may be breaking off to hear from president obama at the prayer breakfast. let's start with the first read. after years of secrecy, president obama ordered the justice department to release a classified memo detailing the legal justification for killing americans considered terrorists to two congressional committees. they will do so on a classified basis. the disclosure to congress happened on the eve of this afternoon's confirmation hearing for john brennan, the president's choice to be the next director of the cia.
by the way, when is the senate going to vote on chuck hagel's nomination. delay is rarely a good thing. biden rallies house democrats and we will talk to one member who is part of that bunch leading the charge. 48 hours after joking about his weight with letterman, chris christie gets serious and tough when asked about what a former white house doctor had to say about him. there is something going on that has a lot to do with 2016. it's thursday, february seventh, 2013. it's t"the daily...
108
108
Feb 8, 2013
02/13
by
KNTV
tv
eye 108
favorite 0
quote 0
who will be replaced by chuck hagel if replaced by the senate. >>> and michelle obama plans to travel to chicago to attend the funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. an honor a student and band majorette who participated in the inauguration festivities. hadiya was the victim of gun violence last week. fatally shot about a mile from the obama home. no arrests have been made. >> now to our big story of the day, that potentially historic blizzard bearing down on the northeast. if jim cantore shows up in your town it's bad news. jim is live in boston this morning. jim, how bad will it be? >> reporter: going to be bad. i brought a yardstick with me. we're starting with nothing. nothing on the ground pap few patches. we're ready to measure this thing. a high impact event coming from the northeast and that's why the governor said look we want you off the roads by noon. all non-essential, non-emergency personnel please be off the road by noon. we just have to think back to this blizzard that happened in 1978 almost 35 years ago to the day that crippled boston. thousands of cars out on the
who will be replaced by chuck hagel if replaced by the senate. >>> and michelle obama plans to travel to chicago to attend the funeral for 15-year-old hadiya pendleton. an honor a student and band majorette who participated in the inauguration festivities. hadiya was the victim of gun violence last week. fatally shot about a mile from the obama home. no arrests have been made. >> now to our big story of the day, that potentially historic blizzard bearing down on the northeast. if...
32
32
tv
eye 32
favorite 0
quote 0
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig the country out of its debt hole the message from the people of spain it was echoed on the streets of ireland where tens of thousands of trade unionists gathered in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts that were implemented to please ireland's creditors it's been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund alone since two thousand and ten. and angry crowds have been spoiling the mood of the leaders as they celebrate in historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever however the bill lef
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's...
19
19
tv
eye 19
favorite 0
quote 0
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's committed to belt tightening measures as it struggles to dig the country out of its debt hole the message from the people of spain was echoed on the streets of ireland where tens of thousands of trade unionists gathered in a massive show of anger against severe austerity measures tough cuts were implemented to please ireland's creditors it's been relying on a joint e.u. international monetary fund alone since two thousand and ten. and angry crowds have been spoiling the mood of the e.u. leaders as they celebrate in historic budget deal cutting the block spending for the first time ever however the bill left
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of the system. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain of this week as tens of thousands of teachers and students voiced their anger over education cuts but the government seems to be turning a blind eye to the crowds and says it's...
33
33
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the streets of spain
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but...
99
99
Feb 14, 2013
02/13
by
CNN
tv
eye 99
favorite 0
quote 0
nomination, says cruz went too far. >> senator hagel is an honorable man. he has served his country, and no one on this committee at any time should impugn his character or integrity. >> reporter: senate armed services committee carl levin expects the white house to answer graham and mccain on the question of the president and benghazi but administration officials say they're not so sure, they're still deliberating on whether to do that. what all this means is a nomination the white house always knew was going to be bumpy but thought would get through is now uncertain. dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. >>> an asteroid about half the size of a football field set to zip past earth tomorrow. how close will it get? we'll tell you. [ anouncer ] ihop is in time square to compare new griddle-melts to your usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flavor. [ anouncer ] ihop's new griddle melts... made fresh and hot! hand crafted just for you. it's like a sexy sandwich. [ anouncer ] compare new griddle melts yourself. just $4.99. it's an epic breakfast sandwich. >>> maybe we
nomination, says cruz went too far. >> senator hagel is an honorable man. he has served his country, and no one on this committee at any time should impugn his character or integrity. >> reporter: senate armed services committee carl levin expects the white house to answer graham and mccain on the question of the president and benghazi but administration officials say they're not so sure, they're still deliberating on whether to do that. what all this means is a nomination the white...
114
114
Feb 11, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 114
favorite 0
quote 0
chuck hagel for defense secretary and john brennan for the head of the cia. senator graham now demanding more answers about what happened in benghazi. and the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee, oklahoma senator jim inhofe says one option is to filibuster, delay those nominations. >> i would threaten to cause a 60 vote margin, yes, i will, do it that way. >> harris: the white house now firing back saying outgoing defense secretary leon panetta has already testified at length about benghazi just last week and lawmakers should not play politics with critical nominations. steve centanni live with the news from washington, steve? >> reporter: yeah, there could be an attempt to hold up two important nominations. until the white house answers more questions about benghazi. now, senator lindsey graham want today know if the president worked out personally to libyan leaders during that in benghazi. he seaid that hagel and brennan could be side track until they get the answers they want. stopping short of a filibuster, graham has concerns whethe
chuck hagel for defense secretary and john brennan for the head of the cia. senator graham now demanding more answers about what happened in benghazi. and the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee, oklahoma senator jim inhofe says one option is to filibuster, delay those nominations. >> i would threaten to cause a 60 vote margin, yes, i will, do it that way. >> harris: the white house now firing back saying outgoing defense secretary leon panetta has already...
130
130
Feb 11, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 130
favorite 0
quote 0
chuck hagel showed up in a big way. >> good. hagle stuck by him when he needed him and he will stand up by hagel. the question is, though, will he be effective in going back up to the hill and arguing. >> what i think is we have to give the republicans credit on this. they do not allow a joe lieberman. they will settle that score. we saw a lot of that from diaz during his hearing. >> one of the reasons that i admire chuck hagel is he is willing to stay up to his own party and why i used to admire john mccain. he used to be the same kind of guy and he and chuck hagel. john mccain of 10 years ago could have turned into a chuck hagel, could have been a secretary of defense if he had not gone completely bonkers when he tried to run for president. >> he wanted to be president i guess, and get no, ma'am nominated. you have to go as far to the whackos as you can. >> chuck hagel, the pope john mccain lindsey graham, all, you know, targets this morning. jamal simmons as a friend of bill, year 66-55-press, you are my friends. so join us a
chuck hagel showed up in a big way. >> good. hagle stuck by him when he needed him and he will stand up by hagel. the question is, though, will he be effective in going back up to the hill and arguing. >> what i think is we have to give the republicans credit on this. they do not allow a joe lieberman. they will settle that score. we saw a lot of that from diaz during his hearing. >> one of the reasons that i admire chuck hagel is he is willing to stay up to his own party and...
71
71
Feb 6, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 71
favorite 0
quote 0
at defense and john brennan for cia, i remember being on the show and saying i think hagel will be the most controversial and brennan may well be the least controversial, brennan or kerry. i think -- i still don't think his nomination is imperiled. i would say you have it right. what you are now going to have in his confirmation hearing is an extended conversation about drone strikes, how we use them, how should we use them, how should congress be consulted, should the american public be -- it's going to be sort of a broader thematic discussion. and look, the fact is the white house -- if the white house would have preferred mikeis cough break the news two weeks after john brennan rather than three days before his confirmation hearing, absolutely. >> that pesky mikeis cough. you never know when he'll break the stories. susan page, ron widen is the leader of the rebellious group on the senate intelligence committee, not the chair, dianne feinstein who we'll be talking to tomorrow. but ron widen is asking this question and down at the retreat in annapolis, he told our own mike viqueira,
at defense and john brennan for cia, i remember being on the show and saying i think hagel will be the most controversial and brennan may well be the least controversial, brennan or kerry. i think -- i still don't think his nomination is imperiled. i would say you have it right. what you are now going to have in his confirmation hearing is an extended conversation about drone strikes, how we use them, how should we use them, how should congress be consulted, should the american public be --...
169
169
Feb 5, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 169
favorite 0
quote 1
would you vote if you had a vote for chuck hagel? >> absolutely. i think you know, his command of the subject matter is very solid both in terms of obviously his own personal experience in the military and his service in the senate. you know, he obviously has the confidence of the president which you know to me is just a huge issue that anyone voting on these has to consider. and i think that you know, the sort of president's approach to interventions around the world which we saw again as we talked about libya you know, and now even in syria where we're seeing stories about how secretary clinton and general petraeus had been pushing for interventions into syria and the president was the break on that effort. i think hagel will be a great team player in terms of a new foreign policy for this country where military force is going to be something that people want to know how does it end to use petraeus' famous quote before we sort of plunge in to problems and conflicts around the world. >> bill: what happened to him at the hearing last week? >> i thi
would you vote if you had a vote for chuck hagel? >> absolutely. i think you know, his command of the subject matter is very solid both in terms of obviously his own personal experience in the military and his service in the senate. you know, he obviously has the confidence of the president which you know to me is just a huge issue that anyone voting on these has to consider. and i think that you know, the sort of president's approach to interventions around the world which we saw again...
15
15
tv
eye 15
favorite 0
quote 0
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but there is a competition going on for various missile defense projects the boeing corporation has projects that the bush administration favored the obama administration is favored ones that are being manufactured by raytheon in general dynamics and so really what little argument we see in the congress is more about which corporations are going to get the big contracts in the years ahead or i appreciate your thoughts on the subject bruce gagne on corner coordinator of the global network against weapons and nuclear power in space thank you for a thought on the subject thank you. massive strikes have shaken the
congress will continue to support these systems the new secretary of defense that obama is nominated chuck hagel former republican senator from nebraska was one of the co-sponsors in the senate of the missile defense program so he clearly is a strong ally of this system and i think that he is being brought into running the pentagon because of partly because of that relationship what we're seeing right now is some criticism from the republicans about the about this particular school system but...
228
228
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 228
favorite 0
quote 0
staff by another member of hagel's staff, no indication that hagel was involved in any way. >> the fact that there is no indication is an indication that there is trouble. [♪ mysterious music ♪] >> stephanie: right. the fact that he was not involved. >> uh-huh. >> yes there was malfeasance in his vicinity. >> stephanie: yeah. i'm obviously -- i could never be confirmed for anything ever. because when i have a party at my house, and i invite you guys what is the point of the party? sexual harassment. [ applause ] >> sure. you might as well be bent over a pinball machine. >> stephanie: you know you want it. >> you have got to get a pinball machine for the basement. >> you really should just for the comedy factor at all. she was just provacatively bent over a pinball machine. >> stephanie: here is a melissa fitzgerald fun fact. she was -- >> hot brie. >> stephanie: yeah that is her stripper name. we revealed she has a stripper pole in our apartment, but she had to choose between that and an air hockey game. and i said are you sure you are not bi? that's almost like a pinball machine? >
staff by another member of hagel's staff, no indication that hagel was involved in any way. >> the fact that there is no indication is an indication that there is trouble. [♪ mysterious music ♪] >> stephanie: right. the fact that he was not involved. >> uh-huh. >> yes there was malfeasance in his vicinity. >> stephanie: yeah. i'm obviously -- i could never be confirmed for anything ever. because when i have a party at my house, and i invite you guys what is the...
WHUT (Howard University Television)
78
78
Feb 5, 2013
02/13
by
WHUT
tv
eye 78
favorite 0
quote 0
the pledge by arizona senator john mccain and others likely means hagel has enough votes should another republican decide to filibuster his bid. activists in syria are claiming over 270 people have been killed in nationwide violence since sunday. the syrian observatory for human rights says at least 90 people died across syria on monday after some 180 people lost their lives building was bombed in the northern city of aleppo. the head of refugee operations for the middle east and north africa warned syria's violence is causing system of destruction. >> it is an appalling situation in syria. all of these figures probably are not capturing the true story of how syria, the people, but also the syria the country, are facing systematic destruction. >> for diplomats recently have claimed a small breakthrough in the impasse between syrian rebels and president al-assad after opposition leader said he is open to sitting down with al- assad's aids. iran in president ahmadinejad has arrived in cairo for a three-day visit to attend a summit of the organization of islamic cooperation. it is the firs
the pledge by arizona senator john mccain and others likely means hagel has enough votes should another republican decide to filibuster his bid. activists in syria are claiming over 270 people have been killed in nationwide violence since sunday. the syrian observatory for human rights says at least 90 people died across syria on monday after some 180 people lost their lives building was bombed in the northern city of aleppo. the head of refugee operations for the middle east and north africa...
131
131
Feb 27, 2013
02/13
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 131
favorite 0
quote 0
chuck hagel to a certain extent by not putting boots in the ground and areas where we know little and have no idea what the out come will be. the example is libya and what happened in benghazi. a huge intem jens failure. not the state department, but the cia. >> with syria, we move our red lines and losing credibility. you said that militarism has negatively affected the period abroad. i wonder if you weigh in on whether you think his drone program or the expansion of the drone program has damaged our reputation abroad even further. >> for damaged our reputation bad low. the idea that a president is sitting in the white house with a hit list with candidates for targeted killings is an outrage. the real blunder was to nominate john brennan as the director of central intelligence that explain a policy he orchestrated and conceived and is responsible for implementing. any other would note have dealt with the questions that john brennan had to deal with. i think obama should go back to the positions he had in the 2008 campaign when he talked about limits on the use of military power. limi
chuck hagel to a certain extent by not putting boots in the ground and areas where we know little and have no idea what the out come will be. the example is libya and what happened in benghazi. a huge intem jens failure. not the state department, but the cia. >> with syria, we move our red lines and losing credibility. you said that militarism has negatively affected the period abroad. i wonder if you weigh in on whether you think his drone program or the expansion of the drone program...
139
139
Feb 6, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 139
favorite 0
quote 0
when is the vote on hagel? is it scheduled? >> it's not scheduled yet. we have been hearing from carl levin perhaps tomorrow but there has not been a firm date put down. there is a hearing on benghazi tomorrow. lots of activity for those who hover around foreign affairs. >> still having hear on benghazi. >> i don't think john mccain and lindsey graham will allow us to stop having hearings. they said they won't vote on chuck hagel until leon panetta testifies on benghazi. >> juana summers at jmsummers. >> this is "the bill press show." (vo) current tv gets the converstion started next. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a golden lasso. (vo) only on current tv. [ music ] >> the part of ing shot with bill press this is "the bill press show". >> on this wednesday, february 6th, my parting shot for today, it was indeed uncomfortable at the press briefing yesterday as reporters pounded jay carney on this depart of justice memo saying it's legal to use drones to kill american citizens susp
when is the vote on hagel? is it scheduled? >> it's not scheduled yet. we have been hearing from carl levin perhaps tomorrow but there has not been a firm date put down. there is a hearing on benghazi tomorrow. lots of activity for those who hover around foreign affairs. >> still having hear on benghazi. >> i don't think john mccain and lindsey graham will allow us to stop having hearings. they said they won't vote on chuck hagel until leon panetta testifies on benghazi....
143
143
tv
eye 143
favorite 0
quote 0
several senators have asked for more degree of hagel's business dealings and content of past speeches. democrats say the move is just political posturing and they fully expect hagel to be confirmed. >>> this morning a northern virginia congressman is defending his support for a bill to legalize marijuana. representative jim moran as well as d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton are two of the several co-sponsors of the measure. it calls for decriminalizing marijuana on a federal level and allowing states to regulate it. moran says it's time to reform drug laws, calling enforcement expensive. he says federal taxation could generate upwards of $20 billion a year. >>> today family, friends, and colleagues will pay their final respects to a prince george's county civil rights pioneer. tonight is the viewing for former maryland delegate christine jones. this is happening at the bethlehem baptist church on martin luther king avenue in southeast washington from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight. jones died after rescuers pulled her from her burning home in temple hills. jones of the first african-american
several senators have asked for more degree of hagel's business dealings and content of past speeches. democrats say the move is just political posturing and they fully expect hagel to be confirmed. >>> this morning a northern virginia congressman is defending his support for a bill to legalize marijuana. representative jim moran as well as d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton are two of the several co-sponsors of the measure. it calls for decriminalizing marijuana on a federal level...
117
117
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
FOXNEWS
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
i believe when crunch time comes hagel will get in and so will brennan. do you believe that? >> do i believe that. >> bill: okay. so it's a lot of posturing for their liberal base. we want to know and all of that. but when it comes down to it, they are not going to group against the president. rosen, last word on it, go. >> as jeffrey rosen, no relation to writes about legal matters and the supreme court for the "new york times" magazine new republic said the lawyers for george w. bush when he was president were pillarried for less than this. >> you saw woo get it alberto gonzalez get it but not here. karl rove going to be on the broadcast tomorrow night. he wants to set up some kind of organization to urge republicans to be a little bit more moderate. that has teed okay some tea party and right wing radio people. has that filtered in to the political system in washington? are they listening to that debate or is it just a media thing? >> it's definitely a lot of the media thing. also a little bit different. what mr. rove and his group would say it's not about finding more mod
i believe when crunch time comes hagel will get in and so will brennan. do you believe that? >> do i believe that. >> bill: okay. so it's a lot of posturing for their liberal base. we want to know and all of that. but when it comes down to it, they are not going to group against the president. rosen, last word on it, go. >> as jeffrey rosen, no relation to writes about legal matters and the supreme court for the "new york times" magazine new republic said the lawyers...
WHUT (Howard University Television)
95
95
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
WHUT
tv
eye 95
favorite 0
quote 1
. >> senate democrats have agreed to delay a vote on chuck hagel nomination as the next secretary of defense for it the senate armed services committee chair says the panel's vote will be moved until later in the month to address republican concerns. republican senators want hagel to disclose the texts of private speeches he's delivered as well as more and his financial ties. supporters say he is being targeted over his deviation from the party line on issues including israel and iran. sally jewell has been tapped to replace ken salazar as secretary of the interior. her work history includes stints as an oil services company executive and a commercial banker. she is also known as an avid campaigner for conservation in the outdoors. obama unveiled her nomination on wednesday at the white house. >> she is an expert on energy and climate issues that will shape our future. she's committed to building our nation to nation relationships. she knows the link between conservation and good jobs, and knows there is no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progre
. >> senate democrats have agreed to delay a vote on chuck hagel nomination as the next secretary of defense for it the senate armed services committee chair says the panel's vote will be moved until later in the month to address republican concerns. republican senators want hagel to disclose the texts of private speeches he's delivered as well as more and his financial ties. supporters say he is being targeted over his deviation from the party line on issues including israel and iran....
135
135
Feb 7, 2013
02/13
by
WBAL
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> an update on chuck hagel. we haven't heard anything on him. >> the vote to confirm him was supposed to happen today, this morning. it was postponed last night. the head of the committee said the senate group is not done reviewing the nomination. some republicans have a press concerned about some answers last week, the lack of details about money he has received over the past five years. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >> it is taken almost 10 years but apple has reached a new milestone -- 25 billion songs on itunes. it was purchased by a customer in germany who received a gift card worth more than $13,000. custom must download 15,000 songs and milli minute. the move to save billions of dollars, the postal service will end saturday mail service beginning in august. post offices will remain open. the proposal still needs congressional approval. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. how do you feel about the postal service stopping its saturday mail delivery service? you can share your response on
. >> an update on chuck hagel. we haven't heard anything on him. >> the vote to confirm him was supposed to happen today, this morning. it was postponed last night. the head of the committee said the senate group is not done reviewing the nomination. some republicans have a press concerned about some answers last week, the lack of details about money he has received over the past five years. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >> it is taken almost 10 years but apple has...
118
118
Feb 14, 2013
02/13
by
CURRENT
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 1
chuck hagel deserves an up-or-down vote. james inhofe and lindsey graham are both saying they want a filibuster without calling it a filibuster. harry reid yesterday we'll get your comments but first majority leader harry reid said they won't get away with this game. >> first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee or secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> bill: so he's saying they're going to have a vote tomorrow. it is a hold technically. technically not a filibuster. and it looks like though hagel is going to get to 60 votes to break the hold or the filibuster. do you agree? >> i saw something this morning that said they're at 58 right now. i think if reid moved ahead with the closer motion, he has to be pretty confident. he doesn't take these kinds of votes unless he knows he's going to win. maybe there are two people on the fence. but i think what you'll see is you'll get more votes for the cloture. people like john mccain and others who are uncomfortable with the precedent o
chuck hagel deserves an up-or-down vote. james inhofe and lindsey graham are both saying they want a filibuster without calling it a filibuster. harry reid yesterday we'll get your comments but first majority leader harry reid said they won't get away with this game. >> first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee or secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> bill: so he's saying they're going to have a vote tomorrow. it is a hold...